(June 1978)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.60 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Roy Thomas
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock:
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
What If the Avengers Had Fought Evil During the 1950's?
The Avengers / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks:
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- John Costanza?
Content Information
- Genre:
- historical; superhero
- Characters:
- the Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor]; the Avengers [the 3-D Man; Gorilla-Man; the Human Robot; Marvel Boy; Venus]
- Reprints:
in 
What If... the Avengers Had Been Formed During the 1950's?
The Avengers / comic story / 33 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Don Glut; Roy Thomas (concept)
- Pencils:
- Alan Kupperberg (breakdowns); Bill Black (finishes)
- Inks:
- Bill Black
- Colors:
- Carl Gafford
- Letters:
- Tom Orzechowski
Content Information
- Genre:
- historical; superhero
- Characters:
- the Avengers [the Beast; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hercules (flashback); Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; the Vision]; the Avengers [the 3-D Man; Gorilla-Man; the Human Robot; Jimmy Woo (F.B.I. agent); Marvel Boy; Venus]; the Black Dragons (motorcycle gang); the Cold Warrior; Desi Arnaz; Electro (Russian villain); Elvis Presley; Fritz von Voltzmann; the Great Video; Jann of the Jungle; Lucille Ball; Namora; Nikita Kruschev; President Dwight Eisenhower; Professor Matthew Grayson (Marvel Boy's father, flashback); Richard Nixon; Skrulls (flashback); Skull-Face (demon); Suwan; the Watcher; the Yellow Claw
- Synopsis:
- Heroes of the 1950's form their own Avengers team.
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Set primarily in San Francisco, Africa and Washington in the 1950's. The story may have happened in Marvel continuity.
The Adventures of Gritboy
Gritboy; Grit / advertisement / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Editing:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- teen
- Characters:
- Blake; Chris
Indexer Notes
Comics ad for the Grit newspaper.
Thor Meets a Glutton for Gold
Thor; Hostess Twinkies / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Sal Buscema
- Inks:
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Joe Rosen
- Editing:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Gudrun the Golden; Sif; Thor
Indexer Notes
Comics ad for Hostess Twinkies from ITT Continental Baking Co..
[no title indexed]
Why Not? / letters page / 0.75 page
Credits
- Script:
- Roy Thomas
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Editorial and letters on What If? #6.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
What If the Avengers Had Fought Evil During the 1950's?
The Avengers -
1.
What If... the Avengers Had Been Formed During the 1950's?
The Avengers -
2.
The Adventures of Gritboy
Gritboy; Grit -
3.
Thor Meets a Glutton for Gold
Thor; Hostess Twinkies -
4.
[no title indexed]
Why Not?
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- Richard Rider
- Max Capp
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